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  • Lot# : 490 Egypt Kingdom

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    'Suez' Zeppelin 1931 (April 9): Postcard to the Netherlands franked by Zeppelin 50 m.  on 27 m.chestnut tied by fine strike of "Suez Graf zeppelin datestamp in black, without the pyramid cachet, which indicates the card was taken after the airship returned from the Round Trip, with Friedrichshafen arrival of April 13 below. An outstanding and extremely rare item with no more than ten strikes of the 'Suez' handstamp being known (ref. Peter Smith). Illustrated in 'The Egypt Flight L.Z. 127 - Graf Zeppelin' No. 8 (1981) by Blau & Deighton on page 49. Cert. RPSL (2018) Sieger 105Dx, Michel 166AdIrnProvenance: Ex R. Jeidel collection, Cape Town
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF